The arch was remodelled and enlarged when the city, then Lindum Colonia, became capital of the province Flavia Caesariensis in the 4th century. As the north gate of the city, it carried the major Roman road Ermine Street northward almost in a straight line to the Humber1.
Surroundings:
Location:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Lincoln
- geo:53.23719,-0.538223
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Building (other)
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=1491
- wikidata:entity=Q7018771
Annotations
Nearby
Colonia Lindum Baths
Site of town baths
Mint Wall
Reputedly the tallest surviving Roman wall in Britain
Colonia Lindum (Lincoln)
A town also known as Colonia Domitiana Lindensium.